Pre-litigation mediation requirement for commercial disputes: mediation must be attempted, completed in 120 days, extendable 60. Pre-litigation mediation is required for commercial suits not seeking urgent interim relief; the Central Government may authorise the Legal Services Authority or a mediation service provider to conduct mediation. Mediation must be completed within one hundred and twenty days, extendable by consent for sixty days, and time spent in mediation is not counted for limitation. Settlements must be reduced to writing and signed, and are governed by the Mediation Act's provisions on settlement agreements.